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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1975-08-21

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1975-08-21, page 01

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VOL. 53 NO. 34
AUGUST 21, 1979 - ELUL 14
Leaders Worried About Israel
MOSHAV NEVATIM, Israel—Pinhas Sapir (left), a founder of the State of Israel and its Finance Minister for many years, takes part in a religious ceremony at Moshav Nevatim with Premier Yitzhak Rabin. Moments later, Mr. Sapir collapsed and died, apparently of a heart attack. He was 68 years old and had been out of public office since 1974.
Mr; Sapir was born Pinhas Koslowsky in Suwalki, in what is now Poland, hi. 1907. He immigrated to Palestine in 1929 and "quickly gained a reputation for his financial skills and as a militant labor organizer. During.the Israeli war of independence, he obtained arms for Haganali, the secret Jewish army in Pal<Ktine^When;Jhte State of Israel was established, 2^^§apir became head of the national water company. In 1955 he was named Minister of- Commerce and took over as Finance Minister in 1963. After leaving office in 1974, he became chairman of the World Zionist Organization.
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AJC Calls For Help for Syrian
Despite recent attempts by the Government of Syria to put a cosmetic gloss oh the treatment of Syrian Jews, the fact remains that the estimated 4,500 Jews of Syria (3,000 Jews live in Damascus; 1,200 in Aleppo; 300 in Qamishly) are held .virtual prisoners in a country that will not let them leave and will not let them live in dignity.
Inihe course of its recent; public relations campaign designed to woo U.S. opinion — and through it the U.S. Government — Syrian authorities have singled out a few Jews for special and privileged treatment who 4>wn shops- and live outsidefEfesJewish ghetto of Damascus: YThese persons are put on display whenever foreign ^dignitaries or newsmenS from the West inquire about Syrian Jews.
The shallowness of the Syrian position, however, is pointed up dramatically in the fact that while a- few Jews were able to leave the country last year for medical treatment hot available in Syria, they were required to leave large cash deposits and family mem- bers behind as insurance that they would return; moreover, permission to travel abroad for such emergency treatment has been discontinued this year.
A special branch of the Muhabarat (secret police) oversees the enforcement of the numerous and harsh restrictions confronting the Jewish community in Syria, among them:
—A total ban on all Jewish emigration, even for the purpose of uniting families in the U.S., Canada and other places far removed from the Arab-Israel con¬ flict.
— The requirement that Jews obtain special per¬ mission from the secret police to travel more than three miles from their homes.
— Nightly curfews and periodic roll calls.
— The requirement that Jews carry special identity cards with "Musawi" (of the faith of Moses) printed boldly in red. The bankbooks of Jews,-r-their drivers' licenses and even their health insurance cards are similarly marked in red.
— Discrimination against Jewish employment . in government offices, public bodies or banks .and■': ar¬ bitrary dismissal from jobs or revocation of licenses to conduct foreign tirade.
— Sharp restrictions against Jews seeking to operate automobiles or to have telephones installed in their homes (except for doctors and a handful of
privileged merchants).
— Severe discrimination in admission to Syrian universities; only a handful of Jewish young people were allowed to enter during the past several years. .: —: Arbitrary. Searches of Jewish homes by military intelligence and secret police, with Jews held for
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 12)
By David Landau
JERUSALEM (JTA). - Cash income, both receipts and forecasts, are Up in the United . Jewish Appeal campaign this year. Leon Dulzin, Jewish Agency treasurer and the man to whom the money comes in for allocation, noted the increase with obvious gratification. But with some concern too, as he explained inaspecialinterviewAug.il with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. "I have asked a number of top UJA leaders how it is that cash income is up even though the U.S. economy is 2 still in " recession." Their reply, he said, is disturbing. A new factor, they say, is aiding their campaign — the factor of Jewish, anger, Jewish frustration. The Jews, they 2 say, expected to be asked (by Israel) to do something, to help Her politically. They have not been asked, and, as their only available course to .demonstrate their deep identification and will to contribute, they pay up their pledges promptly; Dulzin -said;:;the' UJA ■ leaders'^ assessment broadly 2 con- firmiBd his own Impressions from recent far-ranging visits throughout the U.S. He detected, he said, a feeling of frustration and anxiety. which he had never ex- 2 perienced before. Basing his report on conversations with some 100 key figures in Jewish communal life, he said there is a nagging sense of doubt at Israel's policies in the settlement talks, a nagging sense that Israel is allowing itself to be browbeaten by the U.S. Administration, a sense that
the Rabin government is not bargaining hard enough over the terms of the settlement. Dulzin, of course, is a leader of the Likud op¬ position party (its liberal wing), but he stressed that he personally has always favored the interim set¬ tlement as a policy (unlike others in Likud; particularly on the Herut wing). He stressed,- too, that the American Jewish leaders whose feelings he reported, are by no means "hawks," but on the contrary are men and .women who have all along favored the step-by- step policy and favored the principle Of territorial compromise. He would not name names, but said he was referring, inter alia, to leading' members of the Conference of Presidents of - Ma jor American Jewish
Organizations. Dulzin said many of these people who as recently as six months ago admired and trusted Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, do not trust him today. They believe President Ford and Kissinger are not in a position to force Israel into doing whatever they want, and that a firm stand by Israel would, in fact, force Washington to reconsider some of its attitudes. They feel, Dulzin stated, that Israel failed to negotiate with enough firmness and toughness. For instance, the Egyptian pledge to "moderate" the economic and diplomatic warfare it wages against'Israel seems to these Jewish leaders slender return indeed for the major sacrifices Israel is
(CONTINUED ON,PAGE 16)
New York Adopts First State taw Barring Boycott, Blacklist
The American Jewish- Congress this week hailed the signing of a new state 2 jaw — toe first in the nation — prohibiting "boycott or blacklist" directed against individuals or corporations residing or doing business in. New York State.
Jack M. Elkin, chairman of the Congress' New York Metropolitan Council, said .the measure gives the State Division of Human Rights .. "authority to prevent Arab governments from imposing their prejudices on com¬ mercial and financial practices in this state."
Mr. Elkin declared in a telegram to Gov. Hugh Carey, who signed the; bill:
Speculation High About Chilean Jews
NEW YORK (JTA) - The mother of Luis Alberto Guendelman Wisniak, a missing Chilean Jew, has convinced Argentinian authorities that a badly mutilated corpse found near Buenos Aires is not the body of her son, the Anti- Defamation League of B'nai B'rith revealed Aug. 13. According to Rabbi Morton M. Rosenthal, director of the League's Latin American affairs department, the development raised new speculation about the fate' of Guendelman, one of four missing members of . the Chilean Jewish com¬ munity . believed to be in jail or to have died while in custody. The others are Diana Aaron, Juan Carlos Perelman and David Silberman. The corpse was found , with personal documents identifying it as Guendelman and a sign
which said "Executed by the MIR," a left-wing revolutionary group. Argentinian police declared, that the body was not his after Guendelman's mother examined it at the morgue and forensic tests disclosed that it contained bones which had been surgically removed from Guendelman when he was a child. Guendelman, according to an affidavit sighed by his wife, was arrested by Chilean in- .teUigence officials in Sept., -1974, and has not been seen since, Rabbi Rosenthal. reported. A high Chilean official .has denied that he, Miss Aaron or Perelman .were ever arrested and disclaimed any knowledge of their present location. Miss Aaron, who, was active in left-wing politics, disap¬ peared in Oct., 1974. Perelman, who was a friend of a.political activist, was
listed missing earlier this year. Chilean government officials, who acknowledge that Silberman was in the Santiago penitentiary ser¬ ving a 13-year sentence imposed two weeks after the military coup in September, 1973, contend that they do not know his present whereabouts. This has been disputed by those close to Silberman who say he has been seen in several government detention centers since his. supposed escape, Rabbi Rosenthal said. Members of his family, who had visited him regularly at the prison, last saw him in Sept., 1974. He left the jail on Oct. 4 in custody of six military personnel who allegedly were to take him to another facility for interrogation. Silberman's disappearance has had international
' (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11)
"New York has taken the . lead as the first state in the country to enact an anti- boycott law. We congratulate both you and the Legislature on this firm restatement of New York's commitment to equality, for all citizens/' :-
" "While , Arab investment and trade are important for our economy, we must not permit our fundamental guarantee of freedom from discrimination to be diluted.
' or abandoned,
"Attempts by Arab governments to interfere with and, distort American business judgments on the basis of anti-Jewish and anti-_. Israel prejudices are an odious denial. of American traditions of religious liberty and free trade.
"The new law protects and--, preserves these principles." The measure, amends Sec. 296 of the Executive Law and makes it "an unlawful discriminatory practice (1) to discriminate against boycott or blacklist, or to
. refuse to buy from, sell to or trade with, any person, because of the race, creed, color, national origin or sex . of such person, or of such person's partners,'mem¬ bers, stockholders, direc¬ tors, officers, managers, superintendents, agents, employees, business associates, suppliers or customers, or (2) for any person wilfully to do any#act, or refrain from doing any act
.which enables any such person to take such action. "This subdivision shall not apply to: (a) Boycotts connected with labor disputes' or (b) Boycotts to pro tec t unlawful discriminatory practices."
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lyruywnmBiTinifcniiiT'
OHIOJEWl
2=3
'4HROMCLE
2m\// SefV'og Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over 50 Years"y[//\^
LIBRAKY, OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1 982 velMa AVE.
COLS. 0. 43S11 EXOH
VOL. 53 NO. 34
AUGUST 21, 1979 - ELUL 14
Leaders Worried About Israel
MOSHAV NEVATIM, Israel—Pinhas Sapir (left), a founder of the State of Israel and its Finance Minister for many years, takes part in a religious ceremony at Moshav Nevatim with Premier Yitzhak Rabin. Moments later, Mr. Sapir collapsed and died, apparently of a heart attack. He was 68 years old and had been out of public office since 1974.
Mr; Sapir was born Pinhas Koslowsky in Suwalki, in what is now Poland, hi. 1907. He immigrated to Palestine in 1929 and "quickly gained a reputation for his financial skills and as a militant labor organizer. During.the Israeli war of independence, he obtained arms for Haganali, the secret Jewish army in Palwn shops- and live outsidefEfesJewish ghetto of Damascus: YThese persons are put on display whenever foreign ^dignitaries or newsmenS from the West inquire about Syrian Jews.
The shallowness of the Syrian position, however, is pointed up dramatically in the fact that while a- few Jews were able to leave the country last year for medical treatment hot available in Syria, they were required to leave large cash deposits and family mem- bers behind as insurance that they would return; moreover, permission to travel abroad for such emergency treatment has been discontinued this year.
A special branch of the Muhabarat (secret police) oversees the enforcement of the numerous and harsh restrictions confronting the Jewish community in Syria, among them:
—A total ban on all Jewish emigration, even for the purpose of uniting families in the U.S., Canada and other places far removed from the Arab-Israel con¬ flict.
— The requirement that Jews obtain special per¬ mission from the secret police to travel more than three miles from their homes.
— Nightly curfews and periodic roll calls.
— The requirement that Jews carry special identity cards with "Musawi" (of the faith of Moses) printed boldly in red. The bankbooks of Jews,-r-their drivers' licenses and even their health insurance cards are similarly marked in red.
— Discrimination against Jewish employment . in government offices, public bodies or banks .and■': ar¬ bitrary dismissal from jobs or revocation of licenses to conduct foreign tirade.
— Sharp restrictions against Jews seeking to operate automobiles or to have telephones installed in their homes (except for doctors and a handful of
privileged merchants).
— Severe discrimination in admission to Syrian universities; only a handful of Jewish young people were allowed to enter during the past several years. .: —: Arbitrary. Searches of Jewish homes by military intelligence and secret police, with Jews held for
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 12)
By David Landau
JERUSALEM (JTA). - Cash income, both receipts and forecasts, are Up in the United . Jewish Appeal campaign this year. Leon Dulzin, Jewish Agency treasurer and the man to whom the money comes in for allocation, noted the increase with obvious gratification. But with some concern too, as he explained inaspecialinterviewAug.il with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. "I have asked a number of top UJA leaders how it is that cash income is up even though the U.S. economy is 2 still in " recession." Their reply, he said, is disturbing. A new factor, they say, is aiding their campaign — the factor of Jewish, anger, Jewish frustration. The Jews, they 2 say, expected to be asked (by Israel) to do something, to help Her politically. They have not been asked, and, as their only available course to .demonstrate their deep identification and will to contribute, they pay up their pledges promptly; Dulzin -said;:;the' UJA ■ leaders'^ assessment broadly 2 con- firmiBd his own Impressions from recent far-ranging visits throughout the U.S. He detected, he said, a feeling of frustration and anxiety. which he had never ex- 2 perienced before. Basing his report on conversations with some 100 key figures in Jewish communal life, he said there is a nagging sense of doubt at Israel's policies in the settlement talks, a nagging sense that Israel is allowing itself to be browbeaten by the U.S. Administration, a sense that
the Rabin government is not bargaining hard enough over the terms of the settlement. Dulzin, of course, is a leader of the Likud op¬ position party (its liberal wing), but he stressed that he personally has always favored the interim set¬ tlement as a policy (unlike others in Likud; particularly on the Herut wing). He stressed,- too, that the American Jewish leaders whose feelings he reported, are by no means "hawks," but on the contrary are men and .women who have all along favored the step-by- step policy and favored the principle Of territorial compromise. He would not name names, but said he was referring, inter alia, to leading' members of the Conference of Presidents of - Ma jor American Jewish
Organizations. Dulzin said many of these people who as recently as six months ago admired and trusted Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, do not trust him today. They believe President Ford and Kissinger are not in a position to force Israel into doing whatever they want, and that a firm stand by Israel would, in fact, force Washington to reconsider some of its attitudes. They feel, Dulzin stated, that Israel failed to negotiate with enough firmness and toughness. For instance, the Egyptian pledge to "moderate" the economic and diplomatic warfare it wages against'Israel seems to these Jewish leaders slender return indeed for the major sacrifices Israel is
(CONTINUED ON,PAGE 16)
New York Adopts First State taw Barring Boycott, Blacklist
The American Jewish- Congress this week hailed the signing of a new state 2 jaw — toe first in the nation — prohibiting "boycott or blacklist" directed against individuals or corporations residing or doing business in. New York State.
Jack M. Elkin, chairman of the Congress' New York Metropolitan Council, said .the measure gives the State Division of Human Rights .. "authority to prevent Arab governments from imposing their prejudices on com¬ mercial and financial practices in this state."
Mr. Elkin declared in a telegram to Gov. Hugh Carey, who signed the; bill:
Speculation High About Chilean Jews
NEW YORK (JTA) - The mother of Luis Alberto Guendelman Wisniak, a missing Chilean Jew, has convinced Argentinian authorities that a badly mutilated corpse found near Buenos Aires is not the body of her son, the Anti- Defamation League of B'nai B'rith revealed Aug. 13. According to Rabbi Morton M. Rosenthal, director of the League's Latin American affairs department, the development raised new speculation about the fate' of Guendelman, one of four missing members of . the Chilean Jewish com¬ munity . believed to be in jail or to have died while in custody. The others are Diana Aaron, Juan Carlos Perelman and David Silberman. The corpse was found , with personal documents identifying it as Guendelman and a sign
which said "Executed by the MIR," a left-wing revolutionary group. Argentinian police declared, that the body was not his after Guendelman's mother examined it at the morgue and forensic tests disclosed that it contained bones which had been surgically removed from Guendelman when he was a child. Guendelman, according to an affidavit sighed by his wife, was arrested by Chilean in- .teUigence officials in Sept., -1974, and has not been seen since, Rabbi Rosenthal. reported. A high Chilean official .has denied that he, Miss Aaron or Perelman .were ever arrested and disclaimed any knowledge of their present location. Miss Aaron, who, was active in left-wing politics, disap¬ peared in Oct., 1974. Perelman, who was a friend of a.political activist, was
listed missing earlier this year. Chilean government officials, who acknowledge that Silberman was in the Santiago penitentiary ser¬ ving a 13-year sentence imposed two weeks after the military coup in September, 1973, contend that they do not know his present whereabouts. This has been disputed by those close to Silberman who say he has been seen in several government detention centers since his. supposed escape, Rabbi Rosenthal said. Members of his family, who had visited him regularly at the prison, last saw him in Sept., 1974. He left the jail on Oct. 4 in custody of six military personnel who allegedly were to take him to another facility for interrogation. Silberman's disappearance has had international
' (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11)
"New York has taken the . lead as the first state in the country to enact an anti- boycott law. We congratulate both you and the Legislature on this firm restatement of New York's commitment to equality, for all citizens/' :-
" "While , Arab investment and trade are important for our economy, we must not permit our fundamental guarantee of freedom from discrimination to be diluted.
' or abandoned,
"Attempts by Arab governments to interfere with and, distort American business judgments on the basis of anti-Jewish and anti-_. Israel prejudices are an odious denial. of American traditions of religious liberty and free trade.
"The new law protects and--, preserves these principles." The measure, amends Sec. 296 of the Executive Law and makes it "an unlawful discriminatory practice (1) to discriminate against boycott or blacklist, or to
. refuse to buy from, sell to or trade with, any person, because of the race, creed, color, national origin or sex . of such person, or of such person's partners,'mem¬ bers, stockholders, direc¬ tors, officers, managers, superintendents, agents, employees, business associates, suppliers or customers, or (2) for any person wilfully to do any#act, or refrain from doing any act
.which enables any such person to take such action. "This subdivision shall not apply to: (a) Boycotts connected with labor disputes' or (b) Boycotts to pro tec t unlawful discriminatory practices."
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